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| NavySeabee | Santiago-Modjeska via Holy Jim  Date Climbed: Dec 5, 2009 | |
| Summited in a shade over 3 hours and sadly the register was too wet to sign. Interesting weather day as the high overcast turned to brief sunshine (thankfully while I was summiting both peaks) which turned to cloud shrouded summits. Fantastic views of the SoCal big 3 and 7th CA COHP which I'm tackling at a snails pace. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2009 12:37 pm | ||
| Alex Wood | Lots of Mountain Biking Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2009 | |
| We started over by Blue Jay Campground and took North Main Divide Road up. We tagged Los Pinos, an unnamed peak, Trabucco Peak, and then up the Holy Jim to Santiago Peak. We couldn't see anything on the top due to the fact that weather rolled in...a bummer, but at least we had views from the other peaks. We were going to try and make it to Modjeska, but we ran out of time. We rode down the Holy Jim into Trabucco Canyon. We rode around 25 miles total. Great day!! | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2009 1:22 am | ||
| SoCalHiker | Holy Jim Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2009 | |
| Drove Trabuco Canyon all the way to the trailhead behind the fire station. Took the Holy Jim Trail to Modjeska and Santiago Peak. Beautifully maintained trail and some fire roads to the top. Old Goats Mountain Race (50 mile) happened to be that day. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 1:24 pm | ||
| gimpilator | Holy Jim Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2009 | |
| Some big mud holes forced me to park a mile before the trail head. A higher clearance car would have had no problem. I dunked my left foot in one of the stream crossings not long after starting. There were a few patches of snow above 5000 feet. A nice layer of clouds filled in all the valleys down below. 3 hours up and 2.5 down. | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2009 6:23 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Good change of venue once in a while Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2002 | |
| While I prefer Baldy as a training hike, this is a nice change of pass every year or so. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2009 8:51 pm | ||
| Dartmouth Hiker | Great warmup for San G Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2008 | |
| Hiked with my college buddy Josh on a warm, sunny and relatively unsmoggy day. After (barely) reaching the TH in a passenger car, we hiked Holy Jim to the top in 3 1/2 hours. Hardest part was definitely Upper Holy Jim between the road segments. Views on top were incredible, to the three Saints, downtown LA, and the ocean. The hike down took us 2:45, plus a 20 minute side trip to the falls (well worth it, IMHO). My second CA COHP, and a great introduction to the mountains of the area! | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 8:11 pm | ||
| sskeep | Twin Peaks Ultra Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2007 | |
| Ran the inaugural Twin Peaks 50K marathon. First up Modjeska then over to Santiago. Summit at 16 miles, turned around and ran back down. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2008 10:04 pm | ||
| Tracy | from Trabuco Peak - CA cohp #9 Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2008 | |
| Twenty of us started hiking the North Main Divide Truck Trail (the gate was locked at the intersection of the Indian Truck Trail) down and up from the base of Trabuco Peak. I found the summit register in the two tin cans nested together. No vehicles along the entire route except for three service trucks on top. My daughter, Tori and Aleeza Gonzalez hiked with me to the last big switchback where the top of the Upper Holy Jim Trail intersects the road. On the way down they hiked Upper Holy Jim Trail down while I jogged the road in case others from our larger group were still coming up. Trevor Neilsen had driven down to the closed gate and he gave me a ride up to Tabuco Peak where I was parked. For those wanting a bite to eat in the area, don't miss Hell's Kitchen biker bar on the Ortega Highway. It was the first place we found to give 15 teenaged girls a place to buy a soda and use the restroom. From the discussions I overheard they won't forget it anytime soon :). | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2008 8:39 pm | ||
| david whiting | Our icon for dreams Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2007 | |
| Been up to the summit more than a dozen times and 100 times that in my dreams. This mountain is a great place to train, have fun and reminds us of bigger peaks to come. Here is one story. (No money for hits. Writing is just a labor of love. I'm a News Director.) http://www.ocregister.com/sports/race-mile-trail-1922664-few-marathon | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2008 7:07 pm | ||
| InsertHere | Holy Jim to Summit Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2008 | |
| Mountain bike race on this day. Made the hike interesting to say the least. Nothing like diving in to the brush to avoid getting run over. The radio towers on the summit make for a less than natural climax. Probably won't return. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2008 4:47 pm | ||
| GroundControl | Hiking with the twin bro, 2/04 | |
| I went to go visit my brother in Corona, CA, and, of course, one of the most important things in planning to come visit him is to look for a nice little mountain in the area to hike. There are some beautiful views on the hike up, it kinda is a bummer seeing all the satellite equipment up at the top, but I guess people have to have their cell phone access... | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2008 10:01 am | ||
| amcke004 | Helluva Climb | |
| Killer hike from bottom to top and back. Especially in May. Ran out of water on the way up. Ran the entire way back | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2007 12:15 am | ||
| Travis_ | Ascended Holy Jim, Descended Joplin Trail Date Climbed: Dec 16, 2007 | |
| A nice hike via Holy Jim and Joplin trails. Climbed Modjeska as well. Perfect weather, some snow above 5000 ft. The firebreak cleared during recent fires across Modjeska was a bit of an eye sore, as were all the towers on Santiago. Here are my GPS tracks, elevation profile, Google Map and some photos. Note: Had no issues driving my low clearance Honda Civic to the Holy Jim Trailhead. Took it slow and easy. The large puddles are intimidating but easy to bypass. Need to be careful to avoid large rocks. | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2007 1:54 pm | ||
| Schuetzenweber | Holy Jim! Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| What a slog on a hot day. Enjoyed the wild fresh figs growing over the Falls. From the Great Divide on it got nice. The summit, however, was humming with microwave radiation and we didn't stay long. Signed the log up top. Good views all around. | |
| Posted Nov 21, 2007 12:22 am | ||
| TorstenW | long hike... | |
| Been to the top many times, hiking and four-by-ing... nice views on clear days | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2007 12:54 am | ||
| Janell | Good to be out Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2007 | |
| Nice long bumpy road, beautiful day | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2007 2:45 pm | ||
| Vic Hanson | Holy Jim Trail Date Climbed: May 12, 2001 | |
| We did a loop hike using the Holy Jim Trail as well as another one I don't remember, with a traverse on top. Also have hiked and biked up and down the Holy Jim Trail | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2007 6:52 pm | ||
| theronmoon | Great views! Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2007 | |
| Amazing views! Can't believe I waited this long to do this one. Also did Modjeska, Bald, and Bedford. I will do this again and again. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2007 9:36 pm | ||
| Hyadventure | Holy Jim Trail second time Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2002 | |
| I often see this peak on my commute and wish I was climbing it rather then going to work. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2007 9:16 pm | ||
| dpsiebert | Main Divide Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2006 | |
| The gate at the Silverado trailhead is open so I drove to the top of Maple Springs Road. The road is in good condition and an average compact car can make it. The upper gate is locked. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2006 6:44 pm | ||
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